Justin Bieber’s mom Pattie Mallette is standing by her son amid lots of controversy surrounding him and his legal drama, which includes a Miami DUI arrest.

A source close to mom Pattie tells E! News:

As any mom of an adult child, Pattie is holding him close and talking to him about everything, but she can’t make his decisions for him. As any caring mother would be, Pattie is genuinely concerned for Justin, and she has said in many interviews before that she doesn’t have her head in the clouds and keeps in very close touch with Justin.

She talks with him almost every day, which is likely more than any mom and a 19-year-old son…and she is in the public eye dealing with all of this.

The source says Justin isn’t the only one under a lot of pressure right now:

It’s so hard to see people’s opinions and accusations when they don’t know her. If she is with Justin, she is accused of endorsing or enabling him, yet if they find out she is not with him, they accuse her for not being with her own child in a time like this.

Pattie would never do anything to bring harm to him. She has a great relationship with Justin. He knows where she stands on the decisions he’s making in his life. He knows what she is proud of and what she has serious discussions with him about.

Pattie never makes excuses for her son, but she is not going to turn on him for the approval or opinion of the world.

Those close to her know from Pattie, that it’s always challenging as a parent to raise your child in the way you know to be right, letting them grow as they need when they become adults and have strangers share their opinion in unfounded, often hateful ways.

It would be hard to imagine that any parent wouldn’t feel the same love, concern and responsibility as Pattie does in regard to her son’s well-being. Pattie and [his dad] Jeremy both know that they are responsible before God and are focusing on their son’s well-being in private.

Hey Justin happy valentines day
Honey Justin /bizzle /Jerry you are the sexiest boyfriend I ever met on the phone&at the concert was December 1/2012
And you had no shirt marry me doesn’t mean that we can get married that quick so we can wait forever&always baby oxoxo

tabitha.morales14/02/2014 | 5:19

jb happy valentine day cutie
tabi was hurr 2-14-14

tori Trues13/02/2014 | 7:53

bless her heart. Like I love Pattie… She’s so great.

Belieber13/02/2014 | 8:47

pattie is an amazing mom

Rebecca ''Aka'' Mrs.bieber13/02/2014 | 9:20

I love Pattie

selena is my smile13/02/2014 | 9:59

Good Pattie should be concerned about justin……. she’s such a good role model and influence to justin such a good mom pretty too.

Kalani13/02/2014 | 10:26

She seems truly concern about Justin. No one really knows what justin and her talk about.

Kalani13/02/2014 | 10:28

It’s not like she can tells what her and Justin talk about.

Ekwunife Jennifer14/02/2014 | 12:49

I think Pattie is a great mum. Justin is it ok if you stop the tatoo thing you look more handsome. Believe me cause am a BELIEBER.

#1belieber14/02/2014 | 1:07

Well that story’s a big relief. With a mom like Pattie he’ll be fine.

ALEKSANDER14/02/2014 | 2:04

Justin’s innocent ! Haters to Hell !

nicki14/02/2014 | 2:34

We are all my your side Pattie and Justin. We believe in you guys. Luv u.